The Surrealism of the Photographic Image: Bazin, Barthes, and the Digital Sweet Hereafter

This essay analyzes the influence of surrealism on Bazin and Barthes to argue that their commitment to photographic realism is more accurately described as an investment in surrealism. This revised take on the work of Bazin and Barthes is tested against notions of cinema in the age of new media by examining The Sweet Hereafter within an "intermediated" context.